How much revenue did Beyond Blue make?

$207k–$558k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Beyond Blue sell?

Q: How many copies did Beyond Blue sell?

38k to 61k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 38k–61k; $207k–$558k after Steam's cut $377k–$858k before Steam's cut; from 2k reviews (Very Positive)

Copies are estimated from the public review count, adjusted for release year, and cross-checked against SteamSpy's own estimate.

Did the prediction match what actually happened?

We hid Beyond Blue and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Beyond Blue's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.5M–4.0M

best case 15.2M (Subnautica)

Games like Beyond Blue

A typical game among these

≈ 1.5M–4.0M copies

≈ $12.0M–$40.9M after Steam's cut

from ~50k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Subnautica at ≈ 11.6M–18.8M copies, ≈ $95.5M–$256.7M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 39k reviews in their first month; the range was 7k to 45k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Exploration (6 of 8) and Underwater (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World Survival Craft + Survival, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2023, and none of them shipped in the last two years.

How these numbers were worked out

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

Copies come from each game's reviews times a sales-per-review rate that falls with release age, from about 31 for the most recent game here to about 70 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
DAVE THE DIVER 2023	Est. copies ≈ 4.0M–6.6M 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $22.2M–$59.8M after Steam's cut $40.4M–$91.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	163k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Pixel GraphicsCasual
ABZU 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $6.3M–$17.0M after Steam's cut $11.5M–$26.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	28k reviews Very Positive	RelaxingAtmospheric
SOMA 2015	Est. copies ≈ 2.6M–4.2M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $21.4M–$57.4M after Steam's cut $38.8M–$88.3M before Steam's cut	$29.99	53k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Horror Psychological Horror
Depth 2014	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–3.0M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $10.1M–$27.3M after Steam's cut $18.4M–$42.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	33k reviews Very Positive	ShooterMultiplayer
Subnautica 2018	Est. copies ≈ 11.6M–18.8M 7.5x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $95.5M–$256.7M after Steam's cut $173.6M–$395.0M before Steam's cut	$29.99	381k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
Sunkenland 2023	Est. copies ≈ 595k–967k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.3M–$8.8M after Steam's cut $5.9M–$13.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	24k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessOpen World Survival Craft
Subnautica: Below Zero 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2.7M–4.4M 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $22.2M–$59.7M after Steam's cut $40.4M–$91.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	109k reviews Very Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
Stranded Deep 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.5M–$17.6M after Steam's cut $11.9M–$27.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	48k reviews Mostly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival